A woman who rescued a dog from the euthanasia list has delighted the internet by taking him in alongside his beloved stuffed animal—the only thing he had with him when he was found on the streets.

Brooke Reese, a senior at Baylor University in Texas, fostered Squishy the pit bull mix from a shelter on November 17, and she couldn't leave behind his favorite stuffie. She discovered that 2-year-old Squishy was "the first on the kill list" because it was thought at the time that he might have cancer. Reese, 22, couldn't possibly let this sweet pup lose his life, so she took him home to take care of him (and the stuffie, named Stitch).

The stuffie has become a huge comfort for Squishy, with Reese telling Newsweek that he "walks with it, cuddles it, and sleeps with it." After a while, she noticed how worn and shabby the toy looked with its tail hanging off, so Reese set to work on repairing it. There was just one problem: getting the toy off Squishy long enough to sew it back together.

"Squishy was very concerned about Stitch during the surgery. He never left my side as I did it, and he watched my every move as I sewed Stitch's tail back on," Reese said. "I did a couple layers to try to make it as sturdy as possible, and I used a dark blue to match the sutures on its back."

This wasn't the first time the stuffie had undergone repair work, as there was already some needlework on the toy dog's back. Reese explained that the vet at the shelter had already "sutured the first hole" before she sewed the tail back on.

She posted a video on TikTok (@brooke.reese) showing how inseparable Squishy is with Stitch, and how he reacted when his toy went under the needle. The video melted plenty of hearts online, leading to more than 3 million views and 462,100 likes in a matter of days.

This isn't the first time Squishy has gone viral either, as Newsweek previously reported on a video which was posted in November of the moment he was found on the street, holding nothing but Stitch.

After that clip broke so many hearts, internet users were delighted to see that Squishy had found a foster home and is being taken care of. Reese has been blown away by the reaction to the video she shared of Stitch's much-needed surgery.

She told Newsweek: "The people in the comments have been amazing. They've been saying how happy they are that he's in a good home, how the video of him being found broke their hearts but seeing him happy brings them tears of joy.

"I fell in love with Squishy when I saw him at the shelter. He was so excited yet timid, and I loved how much he loved his stuffie. I talked to one of the workers and found out Squishy was on the kill list because they thought he had cancer. It was at that point that I decided to take him. I had no idea he was TikTok famous, that was quite a surprise," she continued.

A few days after fostering him, Reese took Squishy for tests and was given the fantastic news that he doesn't have cancer after all.

With over 1,800 comments on the viral TikTok video, many praised the adorable bond that Squishy has with his toy, and thanked Reese for repairing it.

One comment reads: "Him watching you do surgery on his baby."

Another person wrote: "The way he supervised the repair."

While another TikTok user commented: "I swear I saw the video of him being rescued from the street! He had his stuffy with him when he was dumped."

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